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Tiny Ciliate

This Blepharisma japonicum is a single-celled protist called a ciliate, a...

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Hope & Despair for the North Atlantic Right Whale Population

Late one afternoon in February 2019, Melanie White and the other members of a...

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Cyanobacteria

This blue-green microbe called a cyanobacterium was likely the first photosynthetic...

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What the Big Picture Can Teach Us About Tiny Ocean Creatures

A 1,000-pound metal instrument—about the size of a two-seat Smart car—drops off...

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An Aerostat Balloon

An aerostat is readied to deploy....

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Five Methods for Tracking the Ocean's Motion

From the time of Aristotle until the European Renaissance, a roughly 1,000-year...

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Drifters Overboard

The drifters are tossed overboard and then tracked via satellite. ...

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Bamboo Plates Map Currents

These plates were tracked by a drone from above. ...

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Spying a Front

A ship moves through a front, possibly with oil....

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How to Survive an Oil Spill: Oyster Edition

Oysters are powerhouses of water filtration. In a single day, one oyster can filter...

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Mysteries of the Mesopelagic

The open ocean - everything except the coast and bottom - is not the same at...

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Hot, Cold, Fresh, Salty

An observer on the seashore may make the mistake of thinking that all ocean...